A new Psittacosaurus (Dinosauria: Ceratopsia) specimen from the Yixian Formation of western Liaoning, China: the first pathological psittacosaurid

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 272-276

  Lü, Junchang ^a   Kobayashi, Yoshitsugu ^b   Lee, Yuong Nam ^c   Ji, Qiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

Author keywords

China; Fibula; Liaoning; Palaeopathology; Psittacosaurus

Indexed keywords

BONE; DINOSAUR; PATHOLOGY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LIAONING; YIXIAN;

ANIMALIA; CERATOPSIA; DINOSAURIA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PSITTACOSAURIDAE; PSITTACOSAURUS; THEROPODA;

EID: 34247618679     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2006.08.005     Document Type: Article

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